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autumn ; these last, however, take 

 about a year to root. The best kinds 

 are as follows : 



P. CORONARIUS (Mock Orange). This 

 kind, with its twiggy growth and heavy 

 perfume, is well known, but less planted 

 now than formerly, or banished to distant 

 parts of the garden, where, under good 

 conditions, it will reach a height of 10 feet, 

 flowering early in May. Some of its gar- 

 den varieties are distinct and useful : foliis 

 aureis is the Golden Philadelphus ; nanus 

 is a dwarf plant, but too shy in flower to 

 be of value ; Satsumi is a graceful Asiatic 

 form ; while there are varieties 

 with variegated foliage, and 

 others known as flore-pleno, 

 primulcBflorus , and dianthiflorus, 

 with double or semi-double 

 flowers. 



P. COULTERI. A nearly ever- 

 green kind from N. Mexico, of 

 fine habit, and distinct in its 

 waxy flowers with a rosy-purple 

 flush at the base of each petal, 

 forming an inner zone of colour. 

 It is somewhat tender, and does 

 not flower freely, but by crossing 

 it has given the new hybrid P. 

 purpureo-maculatus, a hardy 

 and free-flowering kind, differ- 

 ing from anything hitherto seen 

 in this family. 



P. FALCONERI. A graceful 

 plant, 1 6 feet high, of un- 

 certain origin, but probably 

 from Japan. Its pure white 

 fragrant flowers, of waxen tex- 

 ture, and with sharply - pointed 

 petals, are borne freely in June 

 upon wand-like arching stems 

 that droop gracefully under the 

 heavy clusters. 



P. GORDONIANUS. From N. 

 America, where it is common 

 near the Columbia River. It 

 grows 10 to 15 feet, is of graceful 

 habit, with a profusion of large 

 faintly-scented flowers in July. 

 This kind will do well with a 

 little shade, and its great value 

 is its late blooming. 



P. GRANDIFLORUS. The best 



large-flowering kind, and one of 

 the finest of hardy shrubs, 

 reaching a height of 15 to 20 

 feet. Its numerous flowers 

 measure 2 inches or more across, 

 of a good white, and either scentless 

 or faintly fragrant. There are many 

 forms and slight variations of this plant, 

 differing little in general character, 

 and running, one into the other. The 

 forms known as floribundus, latifolius, 

 and Zeyheri are all good, and especially 

 laxus, a loosely spreading plant of graceful 

 outline, and not very tall-growing. These 

 forms flower in June. 



P. HIRSUTUS. Less showy than most 

 kinds, the flowers being small and mostly 

 solitary, but they are scattered so freely 

 that a well-flowered plant of 4 to 5 feet is 

 pretty, and its effect distinct from the 

 other kinds. 



P. INODORUS. Much like P. laxus, but 

 more erect and vigorous, with large scent- 

 less flowers, useful for cutting where the 

 odour of other kinds is an objection. It 

 is a plant that forces well, but, coming 

 from the southern States, it is a little 

 tender in cold districts. 



Philadelphus nricrophyllus. 



P. LEMOINEI. A hybrid from micro- 

 phyllus crossed with coronarius a beau- 

 tiful shrub, flowering in the latter half 

 of June, its abundant pure white flowers 

 about i inches across, and with a pleasant 

 fruity fragrance. Of neatly compact 

 habit, it reaches a considerable size at 

 maturity. Its form erectus differs only 

 in its more rigidly erect habit. From this 

 first cross has sprung a race of shrubs of 



